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02/28/22 - Elijah Garcia, rSr/2022, Rice + More +

2021 ALL-CONFERENCE USA FIRST TEAM (COACHES): DT: Elijah Garcia, RS Sr., Rice,...Garcia led the team with career-highs of five sacks and 67 tackles, the most for any interior defender in the conference. He totaled 190 career tackles in 51 games, the most of any active interior defender in C-USA. His 67 stops were the most by an Owls defensive lineman since Dwain Turner had 90 in 1986. Garcia led the team with 33 total quarterback pressures (sacks, hits & hurries) according to Pro Football Focus, as well as the Owls defense with 791 snaps and the team with 51 games (46 consecutive) and 27 consecutive starts. - Rice Football

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DT Elijah Garcia, Rice
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02/28/22 - Shea Baker, rSr/2023, Rice + More +

2021 ALL-CONFERENCE USA HONORABLE MENTION (COACHES): OL: Shea Baker, RS Jr., Rice,...Baker and Woolford earned all-conference honors for the second straight year. Baker opened the season at guard but moved back to his original position of center after an injury to Isaac Klarkowski. He led the team with 849 snaps this season and 42 career starts. - Rice Football

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C Shea Baker, Rice
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02/28/22 - Jordan Myers, rSr/2022, Rice + More +

2021 ALL-CONFERENCE USA HONORABLE MENTION (COACHES): TE: Jordan Myers, RS Sr., Rice,...Myers earned all-conference honors for the second straight season. Although listed at tight end, Myers made his biggest impact at running back. He led the Owls in rushing touchdowns (8) and scoring (54 points), was second in all-purpose yards (646), and third in rushing yards (338), and fourth with 25 receptions. - Rice Football

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FB Jordan Myers, Rice
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02/28/22 - Sean Fresch, rSr/2025, Rice + More +

2021 CONFERENCE USA ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM (COACHES): DB Sean Fresch, Rice,...Fresch was second on the team with seven pass breakups. Led all C-USA freshmen with 14 kickoff returns, 317 return yards, and a 22.6 average. His total yards and average per return are the best since 2018 when Austin Walter ended the year with 491 yards and a 27.3 average. He picked off his first career pass in the opener at Arkansas and recorded a career-high five tackles against WKU. - Rice Football

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CB Sean Fresch, Rice
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02/28/22 - Jordan Dunbar, rSr/2025, Rice + More +

2021 CONFERENCE USA ALL-FRESHMAN TEAM (COACHES): DB Jordan Dunbar, Rice,...Dunbar led the team with nine pass breakups on the season and all freshmen C-USA corners with seven breakups in conference action. He was credited with a career-best seven tackles and added his first career breakup against Houston. - Rice Football

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CB Jordan Dunbar, Rice
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02/28/22 - Gabriel Taylor, rSr/2025, Rice + More +

2021 ALL-CONFERENCE USA HONORABLE MENTION (COACHES): DB: Gabe Taylor, Fr., Rice,...Taylor led the team with 44 unassisted tackles and took over as the starter with a standout effort at UAB where he was named C-USA Defensive Player of the Week for his performance with a career-high 10 tackles, a forced fumble, and break up a last gasp pass attempt by UAB. He forced a fumble on the Blazers' first play of the game after Rice had taken a 7-0 lead, setting the Owls up for their second touchdown of the opening minutes. Two of his 10 tackles forced Blazer punts at the end of the second and start of the third quarter with Rice holding a 20-14 lead… Also recorded five pass breakups and three interceptions, including a game-winning pick in the season finale against Louisiana Tech that clinched the victory. - Rice Football

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SS Gabriel Taylor, Rice
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02/28/22 - Naeem Smith, rSr/2022, Rice + More +

2021 ALL-CONFERENCE USA HONORABLE MENTION (COACHES): DB: Naeem Smith, Sr., Rice,...Smith started at strong and free safety this year due to injuries and was the only Owl defensive back to have started all 12 games. He was second in Conference USA with four interceptions, the most by an Owls since Prudy Calderon also had four in 2018. All four picks came in C-USA action. The four interceptions were a career-high and raised his career total to seven. Smith was second on the team with a career-high 65 tackles and 32 solo tackles while recording five pass breakups. - Rice Football

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FS Naeem Smith, Rice
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02/28/22 - Ikenna Enechukwu, rJr/2023, Rice + More +

2021 ALL-CONFERENCE USA HONORABLE MENTION (COACHES): DE: Ikenna Enechukwu, RS So., Rice,...Enechukwu led the team with 20 quarterback hurries according to PFF and was second with 32 total pressures, eight tackles for loss, and 4.5 sacks, all career bests. He recorded a TFL in seven of his last eight games while establishing a new career-best with 2.5 against Southern Miss. - Rice Football

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DE Ikenna Enechukwu, Rice
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02/28/22 - Jovaun Woolford, rSr/2022, Rice + More +

2021 ALL-CONFERENCE USA HONORABLE MENTION (COACHES): OL: Jovaun Woolford, Gr., Rice,...Woolford was a Super Senior who returned for a seventh season of college football and started seven of eight games, missing one start because of injury. He was fourth on the offense with 699 snaps. - Rice Football

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OG Jovaun Woolford, Rice
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11/06/21 - JT Daniels, rSr/2024, Rice + More +

Stetson Bennett passed for 255 yards and two touchdowns before giving way to former starter JT Daniels, leading No. 1 Georgia to a 43-6 win over Missouri on Saturday. The game opened new questions for Georgia at quarterback while affirming the Bulldogs' season-long defensive dominance. Missouri was held to 273 total yards in Georgia's seventh game of the season allowing no more than 10 points. Missouri's Tyler Badie, the SEC's leading rusher, was held to 41 yards on the ground. Georgia (9-0, 7-0 Southeastern Conference) was impressive in scoring 40 unanswered points after Missouri's early 3-0 lead. The Bulldogs began the day leading the nation with their average of 6.6 points allowed per game.

Georgia led 34-3 before Missouri freshman quarterback Tyler Macon's 28-yard pass to Tauskie Dove set up a first down at the Georgia 3 in the final minute. The Georgia defense held on three plays from the 1. Daniels, who opened the season as Georgia's starter before suffering a lat injury, came off the sideline to make his first appearance since late September. Bennett, making his fifth consecutive start, enjoyed one of his best games. The former walk-on completed 13 of 19 passes for 255 yards and two touchdowns. Daniels entered the game midway through the third quarter. Daniels, making his first appearance since his start against Vanderbilt on Sept. 25, played as if he has fully recovered from the injury that forced him to miss a month. Daniels completed a fourth-down pass to tight end John FitzPatrick before completing a 7-yard scoring pass to Ladd McConkey for a 40-3 lead. - Georgia/AP College Football

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QB JT Daniels, Rice
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10/27/21 - Gabriel Taylor, rSr/2025, Rice + More +

OCT 25 C-USA DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Rice S Gabe Taylor was credited with a career-best 10 tackles, forced a fumble and knocked down a game-ending Hail Mary pass in the Owls' 30-24 win over defending conference champion UAB. Taylor set up the Owls second touchdown in the opening minutes of the game by forcing a fumble on the Blazers' first play from scrimmage after the Owls had taken a 7-0 lead. Two of his 10 tackles forced Blazers punts at the end of the second and start of the third quarter with Rice holding a 20-14 lead. After the Owls had re-taken the lead with 3:22 left in half and the Blazers receiving the ball to open the second, Taylor's stop on third-and-four stop at the UAB 34 forced the first Blazers punt of the day. On the opening series of the second half, Taylor made tackles on two of three plays, including stopping a third-and-three effort. Rice responded with a 10-play, 65-yard drive to push the lead to 27-14. Taylor ended the game by knocking down Dylan Hopkins' final pass attempt as the clock ran out. - C-USA Football

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SS Gabriel Taylor, Rice
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10/27/21 - Wiley Green, rSr/2024, Rice + More +

OCT 25 C-USA OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK: Rice QB Wiley Green led Rice to a 30-24 win over defending C-USA champion UAB by throwing for 205 yards and a career-high three touchdowns, while completing a career-best 77% of his passes. Seven of his 17 completions converted either third or fourth downs for the Owls, three of them on a 13-play, 72 yard drive to a field goal that ate up over half of the fourth quarter and gave the Owls a two-score lead. The last of those completions was a 17-yarder to Cedric Patterson III on third and seven to place the ball at the UAB 12. The win snapped a four-game losing streak for Rice vs. UAB overall and a three-game losing streak in Birmingham. - C-USA Football

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QB Wiley Green, Rice
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10/23/21 - Wiley Green, rSr/2024, Rice + More +

Wiley Green threw three touchdown passes and Rice held off UAB 30-24 on Saturday in a key Conference USA matchup. It was the fifth straight win for Rice (3-4, 2-1) over UAB (5-3, 3-1), which entered unbeaten in the conference and tied with UTSA and UTEP atop the West Division standings. Matt Quinn's 33-yard field goal for UAB capped the scoring with 3:23 remaining. The Blazers forced a three-and-out and then made it near midfield on the ensuing series. But an unsportsmanlike penalty was followed two plays later with an incomplete pass on fourth-and-23 to end the game.

Green threw an 11-yard touchdown pass to August Pitre III late in the second quarter and a 1-yarder to Jaeger Bull midway through the third that stretched the Owls' lead to 27-14. Green also hit Bull on a short scoring throw in the first quarter. Green was 17-of-22 passing for 205 yards. Pitre made six catches for 108 yards. Dylan Hopkins threw for 318 yards and a touchdown and interception for the Blazers. DeWayne McBride ran for 95 yards and two touchdowns. The Owls have won four of the five meetings in Birmingham. - Rice/AP College Football

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QB Wiley Green, Rice
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10/03/21 - Jake Constantine, rSr/2022, Rice + More +

Jake Constantine threw for two scores and Rice's defense snared four interceptions, and the Owls never trailed in a 24-19 win over Southern Mississippi on Saturday night. Following five straight losses against its Conference USA foe, Rice (2-3, 1-0) now has a two-game winning streak against the Golden Eagles (1-4, 0-1). Constantine threw a 19-yard touchdown to Robert French to start the second half and extend Rice's lead to 17-7. After the Owls' defense came up with a pick on Southern Mississippi's next drive, Cedric Patterson III ran for a 38-yard score for a 24-7 lead. The Golden Eagles responded on the following kickoff when Camron Harrell ran it back 95 yards to reduce the deficit to 10. Jake Lange threw for 304 yards for Southern Mississippi with a touchdown and three interceptions. Jason Brownlee caught eight passes for 127 yards. - Rice/AP College Football

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QB Jake Constantine, Rice
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09/26/21 - Jordan Myers, rSr/2022, Rice + More +

Jordan Myers ran for four touchdowns and Jake Constantine was efficient throwing ball and had a scoring pass and Rice beat Texas Southern 48-34 on Saturday. Constantine started with a bang connecting with Cedric Patterson III on 73-yard scoring play on the game's first play from scrimmage. Later, Myers crashed in from 1-yard out to complete a seven-play, 85-yard drive with 5:23 left in the first quarter for a two-score lead. His second score, also a 1-yard dive, extended the margin to 20-3 with 7:16 left before the break. Myers' third 1-yard touchdown plunge made it a 34-13 contest with 2:20 remaining in the third quarter. His 64-yard scoring run with 9:43 left made it a 41-20 contest. Constantine was 18-for-23 passing for 271 yards and Myers ran for 160 yards on 26 carries for Rice (1-3). Andrew Body threw for 353 yards and ran for two scores and Ke'Lenn Davis had 181 yards receiving on seven receptions for the Tigers (0-3). - Rice/AP College Football

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